Middletown board accepts budget vote results, approves $20M reserve and $45M capital plan; incumbents re-elected

The Middletown City School District Board of Education on May 21 accepted the results of the May 20, 2025 budget vote, approved two ballot propositions for capital funding and ratified the candidate-election results, the board said at its regularly scheduled meeting.

The board accepted the 2025–26 budget vote results — which the board said passed with about 77% approval — and approved Proposition 2, a $20,000,000, 20-year capital reserve, and Proposition 3, a $45,000,000 districtwide capital improvements plan. Assistant Superintendent for Business Mike Tuttle described Proposition 3 as covering bathroom and library renovations and certain turf fields at Twin Towers and said, because of financing and use of fund balance, the proposition is “net 0 to the taxpayer.”

Why it matters: the approved budget and capital measures fund operations and facilities work across the district. Board members and visiting officials emphasized that the capital work supports athletics and other programs that bring economic activity to the city; board members said prior partnerships with the city and county helped the district host large state athletic events.

Board action and related votes: the board repeatedly approved consent items and personnel and financial memoranda by voice vote. Multiple routine items — including personnel memoranda (22a, 22b, 22c), financial memorandum 22D (items 1–14), and special services memorandum 21E (IEP approvals) — passed unanimously at the meeting. The board also approved a change order credit of approximately $71,000 for work not performed on a project; district staff identified that work as relocating drain pipe, catch basins and removing a bench.

The board approved acceptance of the…